Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien will face off in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.68
Learner Tien -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Learner Tien
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Tien won 2-4 4-2 1-4 4-0 4-1 in the semifinal in Next gen atp finals back in 2024.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-13 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-34 | 26-14 | 4-9 | 8-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-27 | 30-13 | 4-3 | 19-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Michelsen will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3 to Ugo in the 2nd round on the 21st of March.
Michelsen has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Michelsen’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 140-79 record. He has a negative 8-13 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-13 | 11-6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66 (career-high), the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 to Fonseca in the 1st round on the 20th of March.
Learner has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Tien has an overall 116-41 record. He has a negative 3-4 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Learner has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 5-7 7-65) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-75 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-7(5) 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 5-7 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Adam WaltonWalton (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-0) – H2H and prediction
